View Full Version : I Bumped My Cd Tray, Can It Be Fixed?
Ok I was getting up and my cd tray was open and I bumped, now it wont go in or out...
Do you think it can be fixed?
TRshady
03-21-2003, 09:37 PM
lol, unlucky you.
You can try reposistioning the tray (looking at the end to see if it matches up with the drive then you a firm strength to push it back in.
(its like one of those messages, ummm I just turned round and there's a hole in my monitor. What should I do? :lol: ).
Good luck anyway.
hmm, too bad...
luckily there is a cd-rw 48x read 48x write thats $40 and there is a mail in rebate of $30!
TRshady
03-21-2003, 09:42 PM
Is the damage really that bad?
I'm sure you will be able to fix it, try!. It can't of been hit that bad.
Very sorry for laughing.
I was just getting out of the chair, might not be too bad. I'll have to check it out later... :unsure:
use an object to pull it out... or sumding like that... it might just be jammed
Rip The Jacker
03-22-2003, 01:36 AM
Originally posted by LSA@21 March 2003 - 22:41
hmm, too bad...
luckily there is a cd-rw 48x read 48x write thats $40 and there is a mail in rebate of $30!
Really? Where at? :huh:
DataMore
03-22-2003, 02:46 PM
Have you tried inserting an unfolded paper clip into the small hole on the CD drive's front panel? :huh:
This looses up the mechanism and allows to move the drive tray. ;)
Have you tried inserting an unfolded paper clip into the small hole on the CD drive's front panel?
I dont know what you mean... :blink:
I just looked at it at ground level, and it is slanted to the left :angry:
DataMore
03-22-2003, 04:47 PM
This is what I mean:
http://www.hp.com/cposupport/personal_computing/support_doc/bph07168-1.gif
This little pinhole allows you to loosen up the tray mechanism so that you can open/close the tray manually. ;)
Just remember to turn off your computer before doing anything.
Oh, ok I see it now...
so you just turn a paper clip in side there?
just put the end of it in there and it should do it... if it doesnt turn it
i said use somethiong to pull it out... it always works... lolz datz wat i do wen itz jammed up... i use it to pull it out a litto then use my hand to pull it!
Well that sounds like it could strip the gears, soul814...
I am going to try the paper clip thing later
leecheskicked
03-22-2003, 08:12 PM
paper clip worth a try, for gods sake don't just jank it! odds are u've knocked it off it's tracks. If u have take the whole cd out strip it down and reseat the trays teeth on the cog, its a bit trial and error getting the right position so it fully closes without flying open straight away but it's usually possible
leecheskicked
03-22-2003, 08:13 PM
paper clip worth a try, for gods sake don't just jank it! odds are u've knocked it off it's tracks. If u have take the whole cd out strip it down and reseat the trays teeth on the cog, its a bit trial and error getting the right position so it fully closes without flying open straight away but it's usually possible
Originally posted by leecheskicked@22 March 2003 - 21:13
paper clip worth a try, for gods sake don't just jank it! odds are u've knocked it off it's tracks. If u have take the whole cd out strip it down and reseat the trays teeth on the cog, its a bit trial and error getting the right position so it fully closes without flying open straight away but it's usually possible
paper clip so small... think big... fork? screw driver
paper clip so small... think big... fork? screw driver
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Do you do that you your drive?
Originally posted by LSA@22 March 2003 - 21:27
paper clip so small... think big... fork? screw driver
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Do you do that you your drive?
lol no my cd rom drive didnt break yet... i did use a fork on teh school computer when it wouldn't open tho lolz
:lol:
why did you want to open it?
J'Pol
03-22-2003, 09:45 PM
I did the same thing. Dunted the CD tray by accident.
I just pushed it back in then ejected it. It has worked fine since. Been months now, no bother.
Good luck, hope you get it fixed.
eh well it got stuck n my cd was inside lolz
It looks like the right side has just jumped the track , now all I have to do is get it back because I can't get the end of the tray back on with inside the drive.... :D
I tried using a pin and a button (I coudn't find a safty pin) then I tried to pull it out and it was the same as before...
Is there a trick to doing it?
ugluk
03-22-2003, 11:26 PM
Hit it with a hammer! :lol:
Ok, i managed to bump into my DVD-tray once, and it would not close. i simply used force to get it back in position. it works fine now.
anothertime somehow a DVD fell out of position, it got stuck. the tray would only half open. very strange! to get it out, i took the drive out of the computer case, and shook it until the disk came out and dropped on the floor. the DVD still works! (it was the movie Stalingrad. top german quality! :lol: )
Originally posted by ugluk@23 March 2003 - 00:26
Hit it with a hammer! :lol:
Ok, i managed to bump into my DVD-tray once, and it would not close. i simply used force to get it back in position. it works fine now.
anothertime somehow a DVD fell out of position, it got stuck. the tray would only half open. very strange! to get it out, i took the drive out of the computer case, and shook it until the disk came out and dropped on the floor. the DVD still works! (it was the movie Stalingrad. top german quality! :lol: )
yes yes hammer, think big, BIG!!
I just need to get more of the tray out so I can align it with tracks...no hammers, screwdrivers or any thing like that.... :lol:
fine think small... lol.... tooth pick!
yay it's fixed!!! :D :D
Had to take off the cover of the drive itself and put it back on the tracks...
awwww see screw driver! lol... told ya!... good job in fixing it...
DataMore
03-23-2003, 11:53 PM
Thank God CD-ROMs aren't as sensitive as hard drives! :D
well my cd EDIT: Rom doesnt read discs anymore any help there?
It might just be the cd you tried, maybe its too scratched...
btw, thanks everyone for all your help!
nope itz the cd rom... i tried it w/ multiple cds.... the cd rom is only like 2 years old.. i have even older ones that are still working... the ide plug is in and so is the eletrical..
you've probably already done this but if you havent restart your puter. Sometime I get wierd problems like that and when I restart they work again
yes done that many times... hasnt been working for months...o well just like 20 bucks for a new one... im using my cd rw as a cd rom drive rite now
I was looking around in the cd section of best buy, and a worker guy came over and started to go on and on about how if you house (or what ever has to be struck to short out stuff in your house) really messes up cd drives if they are reading at the time when jolted... maybe thats it
ummm maybe... o well 20 bucks i will get another one from newegg..
J'Pol
03-24-2003, 09:59 PM
Originally posted by Soul814@24 March 2003 - 01:23
yes done that many times... hasnt been working for months...o well just like 20 bucks for a new one... im using my cd rw as a cd rom drive rite now
You should use your cd writer as a cd rom anyway. Otherwise dust builds up on the lens, unless you are burning on a very regular basis. I don't have a cd rom, just seperate cd writer and dvd rom. I swap between them when using either as cd rom. it's better to use them regularly.
Otherwise what you are doing is allowing a layer of dust to settle over the lens, then firing a laser thro it.
Oh and that's good news about the tray getting fixed, always glad to hear a happy ending. A lot of people don't bother telling us. Thanks for that.
lol but now i just cant do copying game cds to a blank cd.... thatz the only problem...
Supernatural
03-25-2003, 04:55 AM
Wouldn't the dust build up anyway? How does using a CD clean the lens? :huh:
well it takes up space and helps collect dust?!?! lolz :P
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